Proverbial Wisdom
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
547. Example is the lesson that all men can read.
Education, Can. I, LXXXI
548. Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Henry VI, Pt III (Queen Elizabeth),
Act IV, Scene IV
549.
Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing;
’Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
Othello (Iago), Act III, Scene III
550.
Repentance clothes in grass and flowers
The grave in which the past is laid.
The Penitent
551. Those who believe a thing make others believe most.
Imaginary Conversations, Peter Leopold and
President Du Patey
552. For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth: Nor is any poison so deadly, that it serveth not some wholesome use.
Proverbial Philosophy, Of Truth in Things False, 3